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Jane Austen – novelist, forthright letter writer, daughter and sister of Anglican clergy – had a rarely-matched insight into human character. Like Lent itself, she exposes frailty, caprice and pomposity without losing a profound and compassionate understanding of human nature. Her life was profoundly shaped by the church and Christian spirituality, making her writings an ideal accompaniment for the 40 days of Lent. Rachel Mann introduces Jane Austen, her world and her ideas, and, for each ...

An orphaned teen comes-of-age in 1945 Jerusalem in this “brilliantly perceptive” historical fiction novel offering a portrait of Middle Eastern politics and life on the precipice (New York Times).“Olivia Manning’s work has been out of sight for decades, but her newly reissued School for Love is about to charm and startle a whole new generation of readers.” —O, The Oprah MagazineJerusalem in 1945 is a city in flux:...

Margot doesn't have time for love.Will is afraid to love.And neither of them are expecting to fall in love with Blossom: a gentle Staffy with a tragic past, a belly made for rubbing and a head the size of a football.After their first meeting at the rescue centre, both Margot and Will want to adopt Blossom so reluctantly agree to share custody. But Will's obsession for micro-managing and clear-cut boundaries and Marg...

A survivor's awe-inspiring story of how she overcame tragedy and re-created herself as a wife, mother, and woman.She was a hardworking business woman, had a loving husband and an infant son, and a confidence born of intelligence and beauty. But on 9/11, good fortune was no match for catastrophe. When a wall of flame at the World Trade Center burned more than 80 percent of her body, Lauren Manning began a ten-year journey of survival and rebirth that tested her almo...

Your views and perceptions of many things will change after reading this book. In very simple and clear terms, it explains how you are able to read life like a book. You will be able to understand many things by paying closer attention to your environment and the nature of your fellow human beings, especially the workings of the mind. The human mind operates like a command and control center by receiving external impressions and processing them for all action and inaction.The autho...

“Immersive…awe-inspiring.” —The New York Times “An epic story of love, hope, and perseverance.” — #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker KlineThis “stellar read” (Los Angeles Times) is an exhilarating tale of an unforgettable young woman who bravely exposes the corruption that enriched her father’s employers in early 1900s Colorado.In a voice infused with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving ...

A brilliantly claustrophobic psychological thriller from bestseller Nina ManningNo one is good enough for her son…As a single mother, Annie has an especially close relationship with her son, Ben. They have always been together. Just the two of them. So, when Ben brings home his mysterious beautiful new wife, Daisy, immediately Annie doesn’t trust her. Who is this woman who has taken her son away from her? And what is she hiding?She’ll prot...

Wildlife photographer Hannah gets more than she bargained for when she camps alone in the wilderness and stumbles upon werewolves Logan and Nathan skinny dipping in an isolated lake.Caught spying on the pair's private moment together, she is unable to evade capture. Confronted by the alpha Logan, her fear and arousal is unmistakable, triggering a blazing desire in the two men.Before she knows it, Hannah finds herself exposed before them--stuffed and...

The classic WW2 historical fiction saga—hailed as “among the very best fiction about the Second World War”—continues with this second trilogy following the Pringles family (Sunday Times).As the Nazi army advances, English ex-pats are caught overseas in the Middle East amid personal battles between courage and fear, love and betrayal.Olivia Manning returns to the story of the young English couple Guy and Harriet Pringle, last seen a...

In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decreeKublai Khan lives on in the popular imagination thanks to these two lines of poetry by Coleridge. But the true story behind this legend is even more fantastic than the poem would have us believe. He inherited the second largest land empire in history from his grandfather, Genghis Khan. He promptly set about extending this into the biggest empire the world has ever seen, extending his rule from China to ...

This guide to following Jesus "calls us to vibrant faith in action and directs us to contagious joy, self-love, awe, gratitude, and transparency."*In the eyes of the world, Jesus was a fool. He did not abide by the rules of his day; the people he associated with were shunned by society; his Sermon on the Mount reads like a primer on being left behind, stepped on, and ignored. In order for us to truly be the people Jesus wants us to be, we too must learn to become "...

The only thing standing between her and disaster is a man she can't trust...As far as Dinah Pittman is concerned, men can't be trusted. Especially cops. Her own father was a former cop and a convicted felon who stole a small fortune before dying in prison. The best part? No one knows where the money is...and someone is willing to kill off everyone who knows anything about it.And Dinah is next.Rafe Morales left the Dallas police force to settle down to a sim...